List of Plaid Cymru MPs
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This is a list of Plaid Cymru MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Plaid Cymru. Members of the Senedd or the European Parliament are not listed.
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| class="unsortable" | Name | class ="unsortable" | Constituency | Served from | Served to | class ="unsortable" | Term length | class="sortable" | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dafydd Wigley | Caernarfon | 28 February 1974 | 7 June 2001 | {{ayd|1974|2|28|2001|6|7}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|1974|2|28|2001|6|7}}}} |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon then Arfon | 8 June 2001 | 30 May 2024 | {{ayd|2001|6|8|2024|5|30}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2001|6|8|2024|5|30}}}} |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy then Dwyfor Meirionnydd | 9 April 1992 | 30 March 2015 | {{ayd|1992|4|9|2015|3|30}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|1992|4|9|2015|3|30}}}} |
| Dafydd Elis-Thomas | Meirionnydd then Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | 28 February 1974 | 9 April 1992 | {{ayd|1974|2|28|1992|4|9}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|1974|2|28|1992|4|9}}}} |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | 11 June 1987 | 7 June 2001 | {{ayd|1987|6|11|2001|6|7}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|1987|6|11|2001|6|7}}}} |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 6 May 2010 | 22 May 2020{{refn|name=Edwards|group=n|Whip suspended. Edwards rejoined on 10 August 2022 and left again on 13 August 2022}} | {{ayd|2010|5|6|2020|5|22}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2010|5|6|2020|5|22}}}} |
| style="background:#9f9;" | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | 8 May 2015 | present | {{ayd|2015|5|8}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2015|5|8}}}} |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 8 June 2001 | 12 April 2010 | {{ayd|2001|6|8|2010|4|12}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2001|6|8|2010|4|12}}}} |
| rowspan="2"|Gwynfor Evans | rowspan="2" | Carmarthen | 14 July 1966 | 18 June 1970 | rowspan="2" | 8 years 5 months 27 days | rowspan="2" | 3,101 |
| | 10 October 1974 | 3 May 1979 | ||||
| Cynog Dafis | Ceredigion and Pembroke North then Ceredigion | 9 April 1992 | 8 January 2000 | {{ayd|1992|4|9|2000|1|8}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|1992|4|9|2000|1|8}}}} |
| style="background:#9f9;" | Ceredigion | 9 June 2017 | present | {{ayd|9 June 2017}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2017|6|9}}}} |
| Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | 3 February 2000 | 5 May 2005 | {{ayd|2000|2|3|2005|5|5}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2000|2|3|2005|5|5}}}} |
| style="background:#9f9;" | Caerfyrddin | 4 July 2024 | present | {{ayd|4 July 2024}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2024|7|4}}}} |
| style="background:#9f9;" | Ynys Môn | 4 July 2024 | present | {{ayd|4 July 2024}} | {{formatnum:{{age in days|2024|7|4}}}} |
Dates are taken from a House of Commons Library Briefing.{{Cite web |last=Priddy |first=Sarah |date=2019-01-07 |title=Living former Members of the House of Commons |url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05324/SN05324.pdf |website=House of Commons Library}} Following a rule change that came into force at the 2005 general election MPs who were defeated (eg Simon Thomas) are shown as serving up to and including the day of the election at which they were defeated. MPs who voluntarily stood down (eg Elfyn Llwyd) are shown as serving up until the day of dissolution of their final Parliament.
Tabular representation
| class="wikitable"
!Constituency !1966 !1970 !Feb 74 !Oct 74 !1979 !1987 !1992 !1997 !2000 !2001 !2005 !2010 !2015 !2017 !2019 !2020 !2024 |
| Carmarthen / Carmarthen East and Dinefwr / Caerfyrddin
| bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" | Gwynfor Evans | colspan="2" | | bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Gwynfor Evans | colspan="5" | | colspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Adam Price | colspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Jonathan Edwards (Welsh politician) | colspan="1" | | colspan="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Ann Davies (politician) |
| Caernarfon / Arfon
| colspan="2" | | colspan="7" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Dafydd Wigley | colspan="7" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Hywel Williams |
| Merionethshire / Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (1983-2010) / Dwyfor Meirionnydd | colspan="2" | | colspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Dafydd Elis Thomas | colspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Elfyn Llwyd | colspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Liz Saville-Roberts |
| Ynys Môn
| colspan="5" | | colspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Ieuan Wyn Jones | colspan="7" | | colspan="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Llinos Medi |
| Ceredigion & Pembroke North / Ceredigion / Ceredigion Preseli
| colspan="6" | | colspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Cynog Dafis | colspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |Simon Thomas (politician) | colspan="3" | | colspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}"|Ben Lake |
| No. of Plaid Cymru MPs
!1 !0 !2 !3 !2 !3 !4 !4 !4 !4 !3 !3 !3 !4 !4 !3 !4 |
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See also
References
- [https://www.partyof.wales/aelodau_seneddol_members_of_parliament Current Plaid Cymru MPs] ({{As of|2022|April}})
- {{cite news
|author = Staff reporter
| title = Dwyfor Meirionnydd
| work = BBC News
| date = 2015
| url = https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000061
| access-date = 9 May 2015 }}
;Specific
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